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Posts about my HAM journey, life, and other randomness
Getting into HF
I've wanted to get into HF since the day I got my license. I wanted to take my time, learn a few things, and not make a hasty decision. I've been looking more seriously at HF radios for a couple of months now. I was hoping to put my hands on a couple of radio's and...
First Hamfest
I went to my first hamfest this weekend, which was the Stone Mountain Hamfest, that advertises itself as being the largest hamfest in Georgia. Carrying the moniker of "largest in Georgia" may have built the event up in my mind to be something bigger than it really...
Hams in the wild
This weekend, my son's Trail Life troop was camping at Chattahoochee Bend State Park. Since the focus was going to be bike riding, and I don't have a bike, I decided to bring my kayaks, and my ham radio. I was going to do some fishing while they were riding, and work...
ISS SSTV Time!
The ISS was broadcasting SSTV images again this week. The event doesn't officially end until 3:30 tomorrow morning, but there's no more passes between now and then that are close enough for most of North America to pick up, so its effectively over. I tried a few times...
10-4, 73, Over and out… sad hams…
Since my last post, I've been practicing and learning. I think I've figured out 99% of my radio. There's a few things I would do differently, but I'm not an electronics engineer, so maybe there's a specific reason why I have to access 2 different menu options to...
First half of 2026
It's July 4. Half of 2026 is over. I haven't done as much as I had planned with radio... you know... life gets in the way. Back in April, after a short illness, we had a death in the family. This has meant that we have spent more time away from home, taking care of...
March Update
I've been neglectful of 2 things this year... 2m radio, and this blog. I've had a pretty good couple of months on the radio since my last post. I've had very little interest in 2m radio. Perhaps if I were in a club, I'd be a little more interested, but right now it's...